Question follow-through · 38551
Syria: Minority Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Europe and (b) the United States on (i) the lifting of sanctions on Syria and (ii) reported mass killings of m
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Europe and (b) the United States on (i) the lifting of sanctions on Syria and (ii) reported mass killings of m
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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1 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Foreign Secretary met European and US counterparts 12-14 March at the G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Canada, where they discussed next steps on sanctions and the recent violence in coastal areas of Syria. In my statement in Parliament last week, and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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